Saturday, July 30, 2016

Move, move, pls.

July has been really hot.  There are a lot more people in the streets and I have to go out and mingle.  And I'm not good talking to people.  I have a long list of work to do and all I've accomplished is procrastinate.  It's educational to watch vloggers documenting their lives.  But I have to set priorities.  The clothes won't iron themselves.  The carpet does not self-clean daily.  Plus the 14 year old vloggers I stumbled upon on this period of dilly-dallying should really concentrate on schoolwork. 

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

My baby is four!


My little girl is already four.  There's nothing more stressful than preparing for her birthday party.  All the behind the scenes to create the perfect day are too stressful, like the search for the perfect cake, creating the guest list, the party games that go bust as kids and their parents don't come at the same time and can't concentrate, the food, the myriad of presents, the weather, the decorations and the theme, even the rubbish.  But that's me, I have to clean up afterwards in my lonesome. 

But as long as my pretty baby is basking in her moment, is the most important element.  The hard work pays off once you see her smile and enjoy the day with her ate Lourdes and her friends. 

This year, I've learned not to order cake with fruits on it. It should be eaten on the day but it was so huge and the grapes and strawberries absorbed the flavour of chocolate. Who can eat a huge cake on the day?

My guest list is ok, I don't really need to reconfigure much.  But let's see. 

Sunday, July 10, 2016

beauty vlog

Rather than watch the telly (sky + netflix, that's loads), I'm now into you tube channels and following vlogs.  These young people with their high tech cameras documenting their lives are so adept in filming.  Most of these vloggers  in their early twenties, are young enough to be my kids, if I was a teenage mom. They were raised in the google generation.  The 80's are a figment of their imagination. But here I am sucked into the vortex of their lives.  I like the one-man production team and being their own bosses appeal of these reality shows. The beauty vloggers do make up tutorials. They make shopping into the most mundane of shops useful.  They do product reviews. Some forums reckon collaborating with brands and getting sponsored content for their channels mean superficiality and lack of integrity but it's a another medium of advertising and marketing.  It's great to work on your own, answering to no one. 

Speaking of product reviews, they've done a good job advertising face masks. 
So I'm using face masks (like the one above), rejuvenates my skin. 

 I like ttravel vlogs and the hotel room tours as well.  I like them better than the travel shows with all the shebang productions.   Or just watch them do and talk nothing. It's free content, as long as I like the vlogger or you tuber. It's very showbiz -- rivalries, cat fights, competition. We can choose or change our minds.